It took the Regional Plan Association 21 years and 400 pages to complete its fourth regional plan—and New Yorkers about a minute to dismiss its proposal to close the subway system from 12:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weeknights, when just 1.5% of trips are taken.

But the RPA has a point: The MTA should at least consider changing inefficiencies. Doing things the way they've always been done is not working out.

And there is a larger, even more important point made by the report, which is that the city and region must accommodate growth to remain inclusive. Unfortunately, many New Yorkers believe preserving the status quo, for example by preventing development, will keep New York from becoming unaffordable. In fact, it will do the opposite, a Crain's editorial argues.

Father-and-daughter law firm punishes NYC businesses

After the Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990, businesses installed wheelchair ramps and took other measures to improve access. But many firms never got around to making their websites usable by the blind.

Now a Manhattan lawyer and his attorney daughter are hauling local companies into court over this. Last week he brought suits against three New York City grocery chains and has filed about 25 similar cases in recent months. Aaron Elstein has the story.

Self-storage issue hanging in the balance

The City Council yesterday pushed back a decision on whether to allow self-storage facilities to be created in industrial business zones. It has yet to release a consensus on the measure in part because of concerns that a ban on new storage buildings would cause existing ones to jack up their rates, which would hurt the businesses that use them. Supporters of a ban argue that plenty of storage facilities could still be developed outside of IBZs.

Another issue is whether it is fair to single out storage, when keeping legal the development of other businesses that also create few jobs, such as warehouses, or are for other reasons unwelcome in the community, such as strip joints.

The Fishman effect

Ken Lovett of the Daily Newsreported yesterday that former union leader Mike Fishman has been hired as a senior adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2018 re-election campaign and the state Democratic Party.

Fishman, as head of SEIU 32BJ until the fall of 2012, was a rarity among union leaders in that he dined regularly with then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and also was featured on the cover of Crain's. Daniel Massey wrote that piece and later covered Fishman's decision to leave 32BJ.

Giants fire their coach and GM

The football Giants' coach and general manager have made mistakes, but no more than others who have not been fired this season, as Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese were yesterday.

McAdoo called a lot of 4-yard pass plays when the Giants needed 10, and passed up makeable field goal attempts in favor of getting his punter some exercise. His offense, allegedly his forte, lacked creativity and elements of surprise. And he failed to challenge some bad officiating calls against his team. But he was hardly to blame for quarterback Eli Manning's fumbling, overthrows on deep routes, loss of pocket presence and overall declining level of play.

Reese brought in questionable linebackers and never found a consistent producer at running back. But he drafted Odell Beckham, perhaps the most gifted receiver in football, and a number of quality defensive backs, all of whom have had inexplicably bad seasons. It wasn't his fault that Beckham fractured his ankle and several other key players got hurt.

In the NFL, though, starting a season 2-10 usually results in heads rolling. Read more here.

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